I find myself able to enter a frog jumping & racing contest. As does my boyfriend, who refuses to make this a team effort. Help me name my frog and totally school boyfriend, or at least put up a good showing.

I helped work a frog jumping contest long ago when I was in high school. I seem to remember the technique was sort of spooking the frog to make it jump. Some kids would leer behind it hitting the ground and yelling at it. That works. Another technique that seemed better was stroking the tail end of the frog, sort of tickling it, and it would jump that way. A lot of it also depended on the individual frog. The ones the contest people provided were OK, but some people who actually did it for sport brought these frogs that just blew the competition away.posted by kendrak at 11:16 AM on November 8, 2012

Jumpin Jehosephatty
Leap of Faith
Spring Feverposted by jcworth at 4:05 PM on November 8, 2012

Louisiana Louie
Wishin' and Hop'in
Hopwhopper Joe
Billy Barhop

Pro tip: At a no-hands horny toad race we 'stimulated' our horny toad by blowing air at his head with a drinking straw. Unfortunately, he stopped to eat some ants.posted by BlueHorse at 4:30 PM on November 8, 2012 [1 favorite]

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